There are lots of exciting things to look forward to as For All Mankind season 5 reaches the year 2012. AppleTV+ have recently renewed For All Mankind for season 5, meaning that audiences will return to the Red Planet to catch up on the progress of the Goldilocks asteroid mining project, and the search for life on Mars spearheaded by Kelly Baldwin (Cynthy Wu). The time jump at the end of For All Mankind's season 4 finale revealed that the Goldilocks asteroid heist had led to the establishment of a sprawling mining base, Kuznetsov Station, in which much of season 5's action will presumably take place.
The future of Kuznetsov Station is key to For All Mankind season 5 because of its impact on both Mars and the space race. FAM showrunners Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert have teased that the huge mining operation could have led to an expansion of the Happy Valley base into a thriving Martian colony. This was the dream of Ed Baldwin (Joel Kinnaman), who jeopardized his legacy to convince NASA and the M-7 nations to invest in Mars by effectively holding the Goldilocks asteroid to ransom. Ed's post-Goldilocks legacy will presumably play a key role in For All Mankind season 5.
For All Mankind Season 5: Confirmation & Everything We Know
Apple TV+'s hit series For All Mankind has re-written history throughout its time on the air, and here's everything to know about season 5.
10 Happy Valley Becomes A Thriving Martian Colony
"...this place could just be so much more than 10 white-coats and a cleaning lady."
Ed's storyline in For All Mankind season 4 was all about the aging astronaut, affectionately dubbed "Old Man Mars", building his legacy. Ed was convinced that Mars could become a viable colony not just for astronauts and scientists, but civilians and their families. Ed Baldwin's dream got a boost when his daughter Kelly brought her son Alex to Mars, setting up the possibility that more families could soon follow. In season 4, it was revealed that there was still an unemployment crisis in the US, which inspired Miles Dale (Toby Kebbell) to leave Earth to cash in on the "new gold rush" on Mars.
...the Happy Valley colony on Mars could become a proper frontier town, fully living up to the gold rush connection.
Now that Kuznetsov Station has been established in 2012, the Happy Valley colony on Mars could become a proper frontier town, fully living up to the gold rush connection. Families could start leaving Earth for a new life on Mars, where they can become part of a thriving community of miners, scientists, and astronauts. This could give For All Mankind season 5 a very different flavor, as the show's focus shifts to the complicated processes involved in establishing such a sprawling Martian colony.
9 Kelly Baldwin Finds Life On Mars
For All Mankind season 4 sets up Kelly's groundbreaking mission.
Funded by Helios and its founder Dev Ayesa (Edi Gathegi), Kelly ends For All Mankind season 4 by embarking on her search for life on Mars. FAM is a grounded science fiction show, so audiences shouldn't expect Kelly to find little green men beneath the surface of the Red Planet. However, the discovery of living organisms unique to those already found on Earth will be a major scientific discovery that could have positive implications for life back on Earth.
Kelly discovering evidence of life on Mars could chip away at the isolationist perspective of the human race...
The very idea that Earth isn't the only planet capable of supporting life could lead to a change of perspective in For All Mankind season 5. In season 4, Dani Poole (Krys Marshall) and Ed Baldwin reflected on their disappointment that humanity was still getting in its own way. Kelly discovering evidence of life on Mars could chip away at the isolationist perspective of the human race, serving as a reminder of the small place that humanity occupies in the wider universe. Studying how life prevails on Mars could provide scientific and medical advances for life back on Earth, too.